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Matters Upon Death: Estate Planning Basics

YVL Firm — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:45:57 +0000

When We Plan to Fail to Plan My parents both passed away recently, my father first and my mother very soon after, neither had an estate plan in place. There was no Will in place, no instructions for care in my father’s incapacity and my mother felt the burden of this tremendously. I recall how […]

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Matters Upon Death: The Executor Problem

YVL Firm — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:05:35 +0000

The Executor, not to be confused with an executioner, is generally someone who is responsible for following through with (administering) an assigned task or duty, specifically based on the wishes outlined in a Will and in accordance with all applicable laws. To be named an Executor is indeed a great honour, which echoes “a great […]

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Matters Upon Death: Wills & Intestacy

YVL Firm — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 21:34:24 +0000

It had been raining all week but the sun was out bright the morning of his passing. “His life ended with rainbows” is how I like to tell the story Some deaths are expected, preceded by a long illness or short diagnoses even, but his was sudden… “there were no signs”, we would later remark […]

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